LIFE will be all write for Hartlepool United and Ritchie Humphreys this season.

Pool start out as a Division Two club at Peterborough this afternoon, 48 hours after player of the year Humphreys launched his promotion diary, his first venture into the world of publishing charting the highs of last season.

Humphreys ended last season laden with honours - Pool's player of the year, Nationwide North-East player of the year, a place in the PFA team of the season and a Division Three runners-up medal.

And, after netting 11 times and playing the best football of his life, the classy midfielder admitted wanted more; something else to commemorate the achievements.

"After all that happened - and what had happened at the end of the season before - I wanted to put it all down in words to record everything and have something to remember from my first promotion,'' he said.

"I got in touch with various people and went for it. I think it's good for the fans to get a bit of an insight into the club and how it works - who is the lazy one in training, what goes on in training, in the dressing room and things like that.

"There's a lot of factual things in there as well about the games and how we achieved promotion.

"I had never really thought of doing it before, but with the season we had - personally it was so memorable - I decided to do it.

"It was my first promotion and who is to say it's not my last? It gives us all something to remember.''

Pool finished second last season, losing out to Rushden in the title chase, and Humphreys admitted: "I've said in the book that I would have swapped all my awards for a championship medal.

"But at the same time we set out to achieve promotion and that's what we did. A big achievement.

"Being named in the PFA select team was a great honour. It's voted by the players in the division so it's nice to be recognised for your efforts and to get four of us from the same team in was tremendous.

"Now we are out of that division and we are aiming to stay out of it as well.

"We've lost some players, had another change of manager and got some fresh faces in - everyone seems to be getting along fine.''

Pool have made five summer signings, stark contrast to last summer, when then-boss Chris Turner stuck rigidly with the squad which lost at Cheltenham in the play-offs.

New boss Neale Cooper is in, replacing Mike Newell, who steered Pool out of Division Three but was sacrificed in May after chairman Ken Hodcroft felt he could take the club no further.

Newell is now in charge of Luton - ironically he faces Rushden this afternoon, the team who pipped Newell's Pool to the title.

Humphreys said: "We can't wait to get started and the manager has come in and can see that we all get along so well. He knows it's a good dressing room to work with. We all wanted Martin Scott to hang around the place, he knows what the players are capable of.

"I think his enthusiasm as a coach is fantastic and working with the first team is a step up the ladder for him as well.

"The manager and Scotty are both very enthusiastic and bounce off each other very well. With the gaffer being an ex-player he knows what the mood in the dressing room should be like, when to enjoy it and when to get our serious heads on. It's his decision.

"We are on to our third manager in a year, but at Sheffield Wednesday I had a similar situation. It happens and as players you have to accept it and get on with it.''

Pool started last season in style with a 3-1 opening-day win at Carlisle - Humphreys on target - and he said: "It was lovely last season, winning plenty of games but now we can't wait for this one."